Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[Just a Guy that cuts wood]

they don't want you looking at firewood p .o.r.n.

Gives WOOD a whole new Meaning

 

[Marine5068]

No deer here but some learners that I can cut

Mighty Mouse Logging LLC

Is that Poplar or Aspen?

 

[ReggieT]

Reggie, I just dug that pond this summer when it was dry. My son and grandson are beside it, it's about 40' across and dug in 3 stages so that hopefully there will always be at least some water in it. It is fed by field tile so doubt there will be any fish in it. I plan to get something to put in it though just to see if they live. I don't own the property but years ago my family did. My Dad dug the original pond maybe 40 or more years ago. Was dry as a bone this summer so I spent a weekend in there with my Kubota. I plan to have my deer stand near it, lots of deer and turkey have been visiting it already. And the racoons already have tons of paths to it. Going to transplant some crayfish and frogs from a local creek this spring for food.

BRAVO!
A man after my own heart indeed, laying something down that will live on after you're gone.
Won't take long for some aqua critters to inhabit it. My Great uncle had a "clean pond dug" over 40 yrs ago and after waterbirds with fish eggs attached to their legs strutting through it, a few baby bream, catfish/bass too small to fry were tossed in...next thing you know it was a thriving ecosystem & highly desirable fishery!
Wish you the best bro!

 

[dancan]

Yes, and those are some of the leaniest leaning leaners I've never sawn.

The leaners are the ones I'm aloud to cut
That pic work ?

 

[dancan]

Is that Poplar or Aspen?

Red maple .
Luckily no aspen or pople to be seen but unfortunatly no oak or locust either .

 

[ReggieT]

Free oak for firewood (Cumming)
http://atlanta.craigslist.org/nat/zip/5973508101.html
Wish I could get this....schedule won't allow!!!
Somebody--Anybody...GET IT!!!

 

[ReggieT]

Here's two more ads my bud from GA sent me: http://atlanta.craigslist.org/atl/zip/5957597025.html
Free oak fire wood!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://atlanta.craigslist.org/wat/zip/5940867908.html
Tree for free!

This tree got struck by lightening last year and didn't make it.. it fell right off my driveway for easy access if anyone needs some good firewood. I don't have the right chainsaw or the time to worry about it if anyone is in need. Otherwise it gets to lay there is waste

 

[Cowboy254]

The leaners are the ones I'm aloud to cut
That pic work ?

Can't see that one, Dan.

 

[square1]

Can't see that one, Dan.

ditto, unless it's birch in a snowstorm, then Yep

 

[farmer steve]

nothing @dancan . here's what i get.

 

[chipper1]

Learning how to count. Sorry.

Boom now! 1000 pages!!!

Howdy guy's it's been a while, did I miss anything, seems I'm often a but late for the party .

Resourceful to say the least. Just keep kids away from those belts and pulleys!

Those Amish kids got common sense unlike a lot of "schooled" kids .

 

[chipper1]

The only time I had the wheels of my Kubota was to swap out the R4's with turf tires. Took them off again yesterday to install spacers so I can chain up the tires and was surprised to notice how loose the 4 bolts and 2 nuts were. One side I could tell there was movement between the wheel and the axle.

Mine loosened up too, on the outer part of the rim. I was digging out an elm stump working it pretty hard. By the time I had noticed it slightly cracked my rim , but the beet juice ballast it's filled with sealed it back up .

About the same weather here in Mid MI. Its sickening. Hell, I can hear rain hitting the aluminum roof right now. Jan 20th. Rain.

I can't believe it's as warm as it is here, a January thaw is not abnormal, but weeks of warm weather in January I've never seen before .

 

[chipper1]

I didn't even try to go clean up any of the trees I have down today. We have been running ac during the day and heat at night. It's been a really weird January. Power bill shouldn't be too bad this month at least lol.


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We have the some problem here with the warmer temps too.
I got so desperate to run the wood stove clean, well....

Just joking, managed to scrounge this window unit up the other day along with a bunch of lumber and a new sewing machine, the bummer is the sewing machine wasn't a husky.

 

[Ted Jenkins]

Last week I was browsing for firewood on CL and noticed an Avacado grove for free near San Diego so I chained up my car and headed to San Diego. On the way discovered two other groves for free. At least 300 old growth trees probably 75 plus cords, but the haul is more than 2 hours. Since we have 20 to 30'' of snow with high around 30F so this might be my scrounge for awhile.

For 50 years I have been looking to have the perfect score and really wanting to set the world on fire with a very productive week of cutting. A few weeks ago just before the rain and snow hit us I loaded up my F250 with all my provisions and fuel to attack the log piles. The first day found me up at 5AM cooking breakfast and making coffee. Before sunrise my saws were sharp and fueled. As the sun was breaking the horizon my saw was humming along. After 11 hours I only managed to cut two pickup loads worth about 3 1/2 cords. The following day I noticed that for some reason was not moving quite so fast and only managed a cord and half. At first my thinking was is that my best because 15 or 20 cords for the week would be so much better. Then I remember browsing through this arboristsite reading about many folks who do not plan on setting the world on fire, but rather working hard enjoying the scenery. Any body else think the same? Thanks

 

[woodchip rookie]

Yep. I would be wondering around like a little kid dodging rattle snakes.

 

[Philbert]

Looks like pretty big wood for avocado trees!

Philbert

 

[farmer steve]

with all the wind we had earlier this week i had a branch come down in the yard from a silver maple. scrounge on. just some @zogger wood but enough to heat the shop for an hour or so.
even used the battery power saw for this one. now i have to get it hauled the 50 feet or so to the shop.

 

[chipper1]

with all the wind we had earlier this week i had a branch come down in the yard from a silver maple. scrounge on. just some @zogger wood but enough to heat the shop for an hour or so.
even used the battery power saw for this one. now i have to get it hauled the 50 feet or so to the shop.
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Should have drug it closer, would have saved you a few steps .

 

[MustangMike]

So I got a call from someone my Aunt knows in CT about removing a downed tree, it is only about 15 min away. I asked what kind it was and he said it is either Oak or Maple!!!!

I guess I will see when I get there!

 

[KiwiBro]

It'll be willow, 1/4 of the size they advised, full of metal, ceramic insulators, horse shoes, relics of yesteryear, inaccessible unless using a helicopter or building your own 3-mile road over sensitive wetlands, and by the time you meet them a neighbour whose brother in law's second cousin twice removed who used to sweep the floors at a sawmill 40 years ago would have told them it is worth milling and they now want $ for the valuable log and a bond to ensure you restore the area to how it was before you got there.

Other than that, good luck.